Hermann scharf



H. SOHARF, SAFETY BELT (No Model.)

Patented Dec. 11, 1894.

UNITED STATE PATENT OFFICE.

I'IERMANN SOHARF, OF HALLE-ON-THE-SAALE, GERMANY.

SAFETY-BELT.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 530,799; dated December11, 1894.

Application filed June 30, 1 894. Serial No. 516,208. (No model.)

. shows the belt arranged to prevent children from falling out of theirbeds or perambulators. Fig. 2 shows the belt arranged to save peoplefrom a fall in cleaning windows.

The belt consists of a broad band a, to the ends of which two narrowribbons b b are fastened. Between one of these ribbons and the centralband a, a ring 0 is introduced, through which the end of the otherribbon can be drawn. The two ribbons b b have at the ends a number ofholes by means of which they can be attached to the outside ofperambulators, beds or window sills,'the central band a being put aroundthe body of the person who is to be protected from a fall.

If a child is, to be protected against falling, when inits perambulatoror bed, the central band a is put round the back of the child, the ring0 resting in front of the body, and the two ends of the ribbons b b arefastened to the perambulator or to the bed. In case a person is to beprotected against a fall from windows, the broad central piece a is putround the body in such way that the ring a rests on the back and theends of the ribbons are attached to the sides of the window sill.

In order to prevent, in the first arrangement,

the tightening of the belt round the childs body, through its movementsa pin dis passed under the ring 0 through one of the holes in the ribbonb which hasv been drawn through the ring. Thus the belt surrounds thechild but loosely, giving it full liberty to move about.

When the child bends over the bed or perambulator, exposing itself tothe danger of falling over, its body still remains in a recliningposition, through leaning on one side of the broad band a, and thisprotects the child, making a fall as impossible as it is to twist thebody out of the belt. Such a twisting out of the body could however,easily occur if a person fell from a window, and-therefore the beltought to tighten itself round the body in case of such a fall. For thisreason the pin d must then be 'passed over the ring 0' as shown in Fig.2.

The pin 01 is fastened to the belt with a ribbon e, and can be kept,when not required, in a sheathf which is attached to the belt.

What I claim, and desire to secure by Letters Patent of the UnitedStates, is-- The safety belt provided with an attaching device on eachend, a ring some distance from one end through which the other end ofthe belt is to be passed, and a pin to pass through said inserted endand abut against said ring while leaving said end to work freely in onedirection through said ring, substantially as described.

' In testimony whereof I have signed my name to this specification inthe presence of two subscribing witnesses.

HERMANN SCHARF.

Witn esses:

RUDOLPH FRICKE, L. KRAFT.

